Acer Announces Their First Chromebox, Starting at $180, Available in September

This was expected, a Chromebox from Acer. It almost met my expectations, and I am happy for the most part. I will tell you more about that after the specs and other details of this new Chromie.

The Acer Chromebox is named Chromebox CXI, and starts retailing at $180 in the USA. For this price, you get 2GB RAM. There is a 4GB model as well priced at $220.

Both models feature an Intel Celeron 2957U Haswell processor, 16GB of solid state storage, four USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and n SD card reader. Plus, there is HDMI output, and comes with a Chrome OS keyboard and a mouse. As far as I can see, this is not a wireless keyboard + mice combo.

As an extra, Acer Chromebox will have a TPM 1.2 security chip, which generates and stores secure cryptographic key. Businesses and schools, you have been targeted.

Now, some pics:

Now, what am I missing here? The usual complaint I have about Acer Chromebooks, (now Chromebox too), the design. There were some design changes in their recent Chromebook releases, but I am not really happy.